When Vince Lombardi talked about "winning" and "losing," he wasn't referring to the final score.
He was referring to DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY, all the time.

This team doesn't do that, and they DON'T CARE about doing that.
Hence, days like today.

The good news is, we're the better team.
We'll bounce back.


But we don't play to our ability consistently.
And this can happen at any time.
Especially in the playoffs.

The_Green_Ninja;298089I don't really care about playing in arizona. We just need to not play in seattle

We will have to beat Seattle to get to the Super Bowl, and with this loss, it will probably be out there.
We can only blame ourselves.
Problem is that we will probably end up with the 3rd seed and have to play wild card weekend.

nerdmann;298093When Vince Lombardi talked about "winning" and "losing," he wasn't referring to the final score.
He was referring to DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY, all the time.

This team doesn't do that, and they DON'T CARE about doing that.
Hence, days like today.

The good news is, we're the better team.
We'll bounce back.


But we don't play to our ability consistently.
And this can happen at any time.
Especially in the playoffs.

You're talking about complacency, which shouldn't be an issue with professional athletes.

I hate having to root for the Vikings

DakotaT;298095You're talking about complacency, which shouldn't be an issue with professional athletes.

Exactly. Professional Athletes are not human beings and not susceptible to human nature. Unacceptable.

Zero2Cool;298097Exactly. Professional Athletes are not human beings and not susceptible to human nature. Unacceptable.

What's unacceptable imo is that this is a pattern.
Mike just doesn't know how to get his team ready to play.
He's an x's and o's guy.
He doesn't know how to get his team emotionally prepared for the season or for any particular games.

I predicted 2.5 quarters of lull.
Was I close?

We don't know how many checks were made by Aaron Rodgers. We may never know, but the run to pass ratio was not the right formula near the end especially since we had been having success running the ball. This will be a game where Aaron Rodgers will come under rightful scrutiny. How he handles it will tell us a lot. I go into media shut down after games though, so I come back later and see what's up :)

DakotaT;298096I hate having to root for the Vikings

Me too, but I am as we speak.

I didn't feel good about this game early in the week and I picked the Bills in the pick em.

There was lots of things to be frustrated with, but amazingly we still had a chance to pull it out.
I still question the lack of usage of Lacy.
He dominated the Bills and it wasn't like they showed they had an answer and we just forgot about him.
I was expecting a run to start that final drive and was absolutely stunned that we gave up a strip and a safety.